| july |

i want to be july

filled with long, hot days

to smell of sweet fruit salads

and overly sweetened punch

i want my body to taste of salty ocean tears

and for my hair to twist and tangle into knots from the sea's mist

i want flowers to seep from my pores

and for trees to take up roots inside me

i want to be the first one awake and the last one to fall asleep

for my voice to carry the lullabies of hundreds of summer anthems

i want for each and every day to feel like a holiday

with barbecues and fireworks that trace long into the last hours of the night

i want to be something people look forward to

and are so sad when i'm gone

i want to be a reminder of summer

of memories and times where tears streamed down cheeks from laughing so hard

i want to be the heart of summer

i want to be happiness

i want to be that one thing that make you feel young again

 i want to be july

xoxo